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Journalist(e) & Anchor/Chef d’antenne @cbcmontreal

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Fraude | Les dangers de Marketplace Notre chroniqueur cherchait à vendre son iPhone à l’aide des petites annonces de Facebook. La transaction a mal tourné lorsqu’un acheteur s’est présenté chez lui pour l’arnaquer.

This os absolutely wild: lp.ca/4EDJYZ?shari...

13.01.2026 13:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks you! Super interesting research. And thanks for watching.

09.01.2026 00:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ABC to indefinitely halt Jimmy Kimmel Live! broadcasts, citing comments made after Charlie Kirk killing | CBC News Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it will indefinitely stop airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! after remarks the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from th...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...

17.09.2025 23:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Quebec mayor wants answers after thousands of litres of water stolen from fire hydrants | CBC News A small town south of Quebec City is keeping a close eye on its fire hydrants after 41,000 litres of water werestolen in the middle of the night. Provincial police say they will monitor the area to pr...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

29.08.2025 17:34 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about this fascinating exchange Colbert had with Dua Lipa, when she asked him about the role his faith plays in his comedy.

18.07.2025 14:50 👍 4954 🔁 1330 💬 132 📌 341
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Marc Garneau, 1st Canadian astronaut in space, dead at age 76 | CBC News Former astronaut and cabinet minister Marc Garneau has died. He was 76.

Sad to hear this news. Deepest condolences to his wife and sons. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

04.06.2025 23:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Et lorsqu’un incendie se déclare dans une communauté où il manque d’eau, il se passe quoi vous pensez?

Quelle honte.

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/216...

19.05.2025 00:21 👍 52 🔁 9 💬 6 📌 1

BREAKING: CBC News projects a Liberal government.

29.04.2025 02:10 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Good for you!! Keep going.

17.04.2025 20:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Bird’s eye view from my studio at la Nouvelle Maison de Radio-Canada to the leaders’ debate set. The leaders are here and getting ready for the big event at 6pm. Will you be watching it? And the Habs’ game?

16.04.2025 21:30 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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They’re young, male and swinging conservative There’s been a growing divide in the last four years between how young women and young men identify politically. CBC’s Jonathan Montpetit breaks down why more young men are leaning conservative and ho...

Really interesting piece from @jonmontpetit.bsky.social on the swing of young men toward the Conservatives.

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

10.04.2025 18:42 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 1
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Opinion: Mark Carney poses a threat to national unity If he remains prime minister after this election, there is a very real possibility that Western Canada will move to secede

Preston Manning says Western Canadian political leaders should pursue secession if the Liberals form government after this election.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

02.04.2025 18:37 👍 110 🔁 26 💬 215 📌 214
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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6

24.03.2025 20:43 👍 1834 🔁 576 💬 165 📌 337
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U.S. limits Canadian access to iconic Stanstead, Que., border-straddling library, officials say | CBC News The U.S. government is making it more difficult for Canadians to access the Stanstead, Que., library, an iconic building that straddles both borders, according to town and library officials.

US government moves to restrict Canadian access to cross-border library that was previously seen as a symbol of the easy relationship between the two countries...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

21.03.2025 15:25 👍 23 🔁 21 💬 4 📌 4
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Cities are using AI to be more efficient. But there are ethical concerns Renee Sieber is an associate professor in the department of geography and the Bieler School of Environment at McGill University.

Just watched CBC Montreal's @debraarbec.bsky.social interview w/ @mcgillgeography.bsky.social prof Renée Sieber (www.cbc.ca/player/play/...) on the uses of AI by municipalities, and AI ethics. Makes me want to know more! See their Website, project "AI for the Rest of Us" - aifortherestofus.ca).

01.03.2025 12:44 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down | CNN Business A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters wer...

Un employé de l’agence de presse étatique de la Russie, TASS, s’est infiltré dans le bureau ovale avec les journalistes du pool pendant la rencontre Trump-Zelensky. Il a été expulsé lorsque la MB s’en est rendu compte.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/m...

28.02.2025 21:12 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 1
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Big tariffs on Canada next week? Not necessarily, White House says | CBC News Reports that Canada and Mexico are set to be slapped with tariffs next week may be premature. The White House has clarified that North America-wide tariffs are not a done deal, as many news headlines ...

www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...

26.02.2025 02:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fascinating. Fuel is stored primarily in the wings. They're designed to break off in moments like this to prevent an inferno. Incredible also, ishow quickly the crew got everyone out!

18.02.2025 19:41 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP style policy on 'Gulf of America' The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from attending an event in the Oval Office after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Trump has ordered...

“Demands by a president that a news organization comply with an order to change its content would seem to run counter to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which bars the government from impeding the freedom of the press.”

11.02.2025 22:42 👍 23 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
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Foreign aid groups in Quebec face fallout from Trump's USAID cuts | CBC News A U.S. foreign aid agency is being stripped down to its bare bones by President Donald Trump’s administration, and the cuts are having a direct impact on Quebec-based organizations.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

11.02.2025 00:47 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.

Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together."

03.02.2025 21:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering.

03.02.2025 21:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl.
Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border.

03.02.2025 21:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Tariffs paused for 30 days against Canada:

Justin Trudeau
@JustinTrudeau
"I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel,

03.02.2025 21:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Fascinating, fascinating interview on CNBC with the White House director of the National Economic Council.

Suggests these tariffs are being misinterpreted -- particularly in Canada. That it's all about the drug war. And keeping us all safer. And suggests it'll all work out in the end.

03.02.2025 16:31 👍 64 🔁 21 💬 15 📌 16

CBC Power & Politics host @davidwcochrane.bsky.social has just reported on air that the U.S. government has told Canada that a 10% tariff on oil and a 25% tariff on all other Canadian imports will begin Tuesday. Will continue until U.S. is satisfied fentanyl crossing the border is under control.

01.02.2025 19:13 👍 16 🔁 10 💬 4 📌 0
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Pentagon to swap traditional media with pro-Trump outlets under new rotational program for Defense Department workspace | CNN Business One America News Network would soon replace NBC News and Breitbart would swap with National Public Radio in coveted Pentagon press corps workspace under a plan shared with journalists Friday night.

Last night the Pentagon informed NPR, NBC, The New York Times and Politico that they're losing office space in the Pentagon as part of a new annual "rotation program." Several pro-Trump media outlets will be moving in. www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/m...

01.02.2025 14:50 👍 236 🔁 126 💬 42 📌 12
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New CBC chief says it would be a ‘tragedy’ to dissolve the public broadcaster, could devastate TV and film sector Marie-Philippe Bouchard said that ‘change is coming’ at the CBC and she is currently touring the country to listen to a variety of voices
01.02.2025 00:57 👍 52 🔁 10 💬 8 📌 0